Review in a Nutshell:The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society outdid themselves with this one. The Call of Cthulhu is perhaps the most faithful Lovecraft film adaptation to date, and it’s also a wonderful piece of silent film-making.

You guys really nailed that one. This particular film is one of favorites, and your enthusiastic review should help to spread the word.

I think that trick with the guy falling into the non-Euclidean angle can be seen in “Labyrinth.” There’s a shot where you think you’re looking at a solid wall, then someone appears out of nowhere (there was another, identical wall in front of the main wall). Practical effects like that always hold up long after CGI looks cheesy.

These folk are working on their second film, a Universal horror style take on “The Whisperer in the Darkness,” which features perhaps the all-time dumbest Lovecraft protagonist. From what I hear, the movie is very near to distribution. I’m pretty excited about it.

Sorry if this is a duplicate post. The guys who made this have their own podcast at hppodcraft.com and have discussed the making of Call of Cthulhu in episodes 42 through 44 while they reviewed the original story.

If you added Daryl Surat to this, this would be the sexiest podcast ever on the internet…it couldn’t get any sexier unless you were talking about Demolition Man.

I know absolutely nothing about Lovecraft besides what I’ve heard from you, Paul, and Fast Karate’s random references, but I will read any Cthulhu mythos now, because the icon in the Windows Media Player is the most adorable evil octopus lord from the deep I’ve ever seen.

Anyways, I saw this film a few years ago. I was initially exposed to Lovecraft via the RPG from back in the day as well. Cool series of episodes, this film was pretty rad and limited special effects is the best way to show indescribable horrors and whatnot.